Chapter Summaries

Ling Chu and the others enjoyed You Jiali’s cooking and discovered that Red Nose Pepper gave food powerful stat bonuses and cold resistance. Over dinner, You Jiali revealed that his cursed profession made him unable to eat ordinary food and that he survived on blood.

• Squid Ball, Huang Xiaowen, and Ling Chu praised You Jiali’s freshly cooked dishes as they ate.
• Ling Chu gained Constitution and Strength from the stir-fried squid rolls, then discovered that Sichuan pepper fish made with Red Nose Pepper increased Intelligence and cold resistance.
• Ling Chu found that eating the blanched squid refreshed her defense buff but did not grant another stat bonus, and considered asking You Jiali to dry the giant squid into strips for sale.
• Squid Ball urged You Jiali to eat, prompting him to reveal that his cursed profession meant he could only satisfy his hunger by drinking blood.
• Huang Xiaowen accepted You Jiali’s unusual diet and offered Ghost Thorn as food, while Squid Ball expressed sympathy and awkwardly apologized for saying she would rather die than lose the ability to enjoy food.

Ling Chu and the crew shared a meal with Feng Xiaoyue, who explained her love of cooking and introduced herself as a young professional chef. After discussing how to preserve squid in the extreme cold, Feng Xiaoyue warned that the Holy Army would target the Ghost Ship for sheltering her, and Ling Chu vowed to protect her.

• Huang Xiaowen, Chen Moyu, Feng Xiaoyue, and Ling Chu introduced themselves and shared their classes and backgrounds.
• Feng Xiaoyue revealed that she was twenty-one, studied Food Science and Engineering, and worked as a chef part-time.
• The crew finished the meal, then Feng Xiaoyue and Ling Chu discussed why the extreme cold made drying squid unsafe.
• Feng Xiaoyue warned Ling Chu that the Holy Army would have grounds to attack the Ghost Ship after learning she had joined it.
• Ling Chu told Feng Xiaoyue that she was one of the people she protected and said she would handle the Holy Army while Feng Xiaoyue focused on cooking.

Xia Chunying learned that You Jiali had joined the Ghost Ship and set the Holy Army’s fleets on a course to hunt him without waiting for her sister’s approval. Ling Chu discovered the pursuit was underway, kept the Ghost Ship on its planned route, and received a warning from A Silly Bird.

• Xia Chunying accepted You Jiali’s bounty, tracked his coordinates, and ordered the Holy Army’s second fleet to pursue him.
• You Jiali’s coordinates jumped after he used the Ghost Ship’s teleportation function, and Holy Light Shines Upon the Earth learned he had joined Ling Chu’s Fleet.
• Xia Chunying refused to wait for Autumn Snow and ordered the second and third fleets to pursue You Jiali and the Ghost Ship.
• Ling Chu used Hunter’s Mark to see Xia Chunying approaching, but kept the Ghost Ship on course for the Treasure Map’s location.
• A Silly Bird warned Ling Chu that the Holy Army had learned You Jiali joined the Ghost Ship.

Ling Chu bought intelligence on the Holy Army and learned that Autumn Snow would soon hold a Celebration Ritual for prisoners taken from the Qingshan Ship. After resting, Ling Chu learned that Squid Ball had gained a skill that could improve the odds of obtaining a chosen item and wished for a Crystal of Wind's Protection.

• Ling Chu paid A Silly Bird fifteen hundred Sea Shells for the Shark Fleet's most detailed information on the Holy Army.
• A Silly Bird revealed that Autumn Snow's Holy Army had eleven divisions, worshipped the God of Light, and would likely hold a Celebration Ritual soon for prisoners from the Qingshan Ship.
• Ling Chu reasoned that Xia Chunying was probably pursuing her with fewer than a hundred people and decided to fight if she could win or flee if she could not.
• Ling Chu fell asleep in her cabin and woke after nightfall, refreshed from her rest.
• Squid Ball announced that her Astrologer profession had leveled up and shared her new skill, which increased the chance of obtaining a chosen non-equipment item for twenty-four hours.
• Ling Chu told Squid Ball that she wished for a Crystal of Wind's Protection.

Ling Chu wished for a Crystal of Wind's Protection, enjoyed lamb noodles delivered by You Jiali, and reflected on how far she had come. The next morning, hail battered the Ghost Ship as the crew worked to protect it, and You Jiali asked whether the island's harvests could cover the ship's expenses.

• Squid Ball used Astrologer's Wish Resonance to increase the chance of obtaining a Crystal of Wind's Protection.
• You Jiali brought Ling Chu lamb noodles, and she told him the ship had a heater available if he needed one.
• Ling Chu ate the noodles while watching snow fall and reflected on her new confidence and trusted crew.
• Hail struck the Ghost Ship overnight, and Titch directed the Skeleton Crewmates as they cleared the deck and secured the ship.
• Ling Chu, Huang Xiaowen, Squid Ball, and You Jiali watched the hail from the dining room and discussed Squid Ball's accurate divination.
• You Jiali asked Ling Chu whether the island's regular harvests could cover the ship's costs.

Ling Chu helped Squid Ball practice using Magician’s wand, and Squid Ball improved her aim after a full afternoon of training. At dinner, You Jiali served hot pot and gave Ling Chu a detailed list of suggestions for balancing the island’s income and expenses.

• You Jiali asked Ling Chu about the island’s supplies and offered to estimate daily food use and list possible items to trade.
• Squid Ball asked Ling Chu to help her practice with Magician’s wand, but her stingers missed the training dummy and her smoke bomb engulfed her in smoke.
• Ling Chu coached Squid Ball through the afternoon, and Squid Ball’s stingers began landing near the dummy.
• Huang Xiaowen suggested hot pot, and You Jiali prepared the broth, dipping sauces, and ingredients for dinner.
• You Jiali handed Ling Chu a notebook of suggestions for balancing income and expenses and said he had written it while she trained Squid Ball.

You Jiali explained the Ghost Ship’s island resources, harvests, and expenses, showing how much income Ling Chu’s stockpiles could generate. The group realized the ship was far wealthier and better supplied than they had thought.

• You Jiali reviewed the Ghost Ship’s six islands and proposed which resources and produce to keep, process, or sell.
• Ling Chu was surprised to learn Mushroom Island’s harvests had left more than ten thousand jin of mushrooms in storage.
• You Jiali calculated that selling supplies could earn 44,000 Sea Shells every three days during the Extreme Cold disaster, and at least 21,500 afterward.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon checked You Jiali’s calculations and confirmed they were correct.
• Squid Ball called You Jiali and Lingering Wind and Fading Moon J-type personalities, while Huang Xiaowen wondered why Ling Chu had acted as if the group were short of money.
• Ling Chu admitted she had not realized how rich she was.

Ling Chu realized her island’s harvest could earn her over forty thousand Sea Shells, while You Jiali won Big Gold Tooth’s respect by demonstrating his knife skills. Later, the Ghost Ship stopped at the Treasure Map’s coordinates, and Ling Chu suspected the cave entrance lay underwater.

• Ling Chu told You Jiali to put sales income in the ship’s storage and take money for ingredients as needed.
• Big Gold Tooth resented You Jiali’s arrival, but You Jiali offered to teach him cooking after carving a cucumber into a continuous spiral of paper-thin slices.
• Big Gold Tooth agreed to help You Jiali sincerely and become his apprentice.
• Ling Chu woke when the Ghost Ship stopped and confirmed that it had reached the Treasure Map’s coordinates.
• Ling Chu saw only open water and scattered ice floes, then suspected the mapped cave entrance was beneath the sea.

Ling Chu waited for daylight before diving from the Ghost Ship to search for treasure, with Titch accompanying her. Near a reef, she spotted an injured ocean sunfish and realized a much larger predator with powerful jaws might be lurking nearby.

• Ling Chu waited through the night for daylight while tracking Xia Chunying, determined to reach the treasure despite the danger.
• You Jiali prepared spicy soup and dumplings to warm Ling Chu, and she stacked their cold resistance with a potion before diving.
• Ling Chu rejected Huang Xiaowen's offer to join her underwater and took Titch, telling the crew to watch for danger and signals.
• Ling Chu and Titch descended past black reefs, where she noticed a huge ocean sunfish hovering above them.
• Ling Chu saw a massive bite wound on the sunfish and concluded that a dangerous predator, larger than five meters, could be nearby.

Ling Chu found the treasure cave, but she and Titch were driven back by a nest of Deep Sea Seven-Gilled Eels. Titch lost a rib during their retreat, and the Treasure Chest remained inside the cave.

• Ling Chu followed her Bounty Sense to a dark cave in the reef and entered with Titch, who scouted ahead.
• Ling Chu discovered that the cave walls were riddled with holes occupied by a large group of Deep Sea Seven-Gilled Eels.
• The eels latched onto Titch, and their biting tickled him despite being unable to damage his bones.
• A large eel tore one of Titch’s ribs free, prompting Ling Chu to signal their retreat.
• Ling Chu and Titch escaped into open water, and the eels returned to their cave.

Ling Chu fought a juvenile Abyssal Megalodon near the cave while the Ghost Ship crew prepared to help. Rather than draw the predator to the surface, she swam toward the cave filled with Deep Sea Seven-Gilled Eels to carry out a risky plan.

• A juvenile Abyssal Megalodon ambushed Ling Chu and knocked Titch away from the fight.
• Ling Chu used the reefs to slash the Megalodon's less-protected flank, wounding it and provoking a violent counterattack.
• Huang Xiaowen spotted the churning, darkened water, and You Jiali dove in to help while she prepared the Ghost Ship's weapons.
• Ling Chu decided to lure the Megalodon toward the cave instead of abandoning the Treasure Chest, and swam into the cave swarming with Deep Sea Seven-Gilled Eels.

Ling Chu lured the Abyssal Megalodon into the Seven-Gilled Eels’ cave, where the awakened swarm killed it. When the eels turned on Ling Chu and You Jiali, they fought back, but the swarm’s attack was still underway.

• Ling Chu used Omni Reset to vanish from the Abyssal Megalodon’s charge, causing it to crash into the Cave Entrance and awaken the Deep Sea Seven-Gilled Eels.
• The eels swarmed and killed the wounded Abyssal Megalodon as Ling Chu watched from a safe distance and You Jiali arrived.
• Ling Chu and You Jiali chose to fight when the blood-crazed eels turned toward them.
• You Jiali used Blood Burst to blast groups of eels, while Ling Chu killed eels that slipped past his attacks.

Ling Chu and You Jiali defeated the lamprey swarm, recovered the Treasure Map’s chest, and collected the corpses and a rib for Titch. They returned to the Ghost Ship, where Ling Chu had You Jiali prepare to dismantle the Abyssal Megalodon.

• Ling Chu and You Jiali fought together to wipe out the lamprey swarm.
• Ling Chu found the ancient treasure chest in the collapsed cave and stored it in the Ring of Bones.
• Ling Chu killed the barely living Abyssal Megalodon, then collected its corpse and the lamprey bodies.
• You Jiali found Titch’s missing rib and handed it to him to replace in his chest.
• Ling Chu, You Jiali, and Titch returned to the Ghost Ship, where the crew welcomed them and Huang Xiaowen photographed the megalodon.
• After changing into dry clothes, You Jiali began dismantling the megalodon as the Skeleton Henchmen and Emily gathered to watch.

You Jiali prepared shark fin casserole from the shark Ling Chu had caught, while the crew discovered that lampreys were inedible. Ling Chu had Squid Ball open a Treasure Chest with Gambler's Coin, and Squid Ball found the Crystal of Wind's Protection inside.

• You Jiali finished processing the shark, and Ling Chu decided to hang its head in her bedroom as a display.
• Ling Chu gave You Jiali two lampreys to cook, but he found they smelled foul and were too fishy to eat.
• You Jiali served shark fin casserole and Kung Pao Chicken, and Ling Chu received a small Strength increase and a temporary swimming-speed boost from the casserole.
• Ling Chu planned to test the lampreys as Alchemy Material or sell them, then gave Squid Ball Gambler's Coin to open the Treasure Chest.
• Squid Ball opened the chest and found thousands of Sea Shells, a blueprint recipe, and the Crystal of Wind's Protection.

Ling Chu and Squid Ball used their enhanced luck to obtain valuable materials, then Ling Chu arranged for the crew to make weapons and diving gear. Lingering Wind and Fading Moon discovered lamprey mucus could be refined into preservative, and she began preparing a giant-toothed shark specimen.

• Squid Ball won a Crystal of Wind's Protection and multiplied Crystal Ore at the Fate Table, then received a fishing buff from the prize wheel.
• Ling Chu stored the legendary Thorn Crown blueprint and counted the materials still needed to upgrade the Ghost Ship.
• Ling Chu gave shark teeth to Andrew to forge weapons and sharkskin to Aunt Martha to make diving suits and flippers.
• Ling Chu asked Lingering Wind and Fading Moon to test lamprey mucus, and she found it could serve as a base for preservative.
• Ling Chu gave Lingering Wind and Fading Moon the giant-toothed shark's head so she could prepare it as a specimen.

Autumn Snow branded captured players as sin-slaves and learned that Xia Chunying had pursued You Jiali to the Ghost Ship, while a Holy Light Crystal allowed her to begin upgrading the Holy Army’s ship. Aboard the Ghost Ship, Ling Chu ignored a repeat plea for food and sought a jeweler to craft equipment under a System Contract.

• Autumn Snow branded the captured players with the character “Sin” and ordered her subordinates to isolate a muscular captive with a Special Profession.
• Siji Dao told Autumn Snow that Xia Chunying had taken the Second and Third Regiments to pursue You Jiali, who had joined the Ghost Ship.
• Siji Dao presented Autumn Snow with a Holy Light Crystal, and she used it to start upgrading the ship and ordered it toward the Second Regiment’s coordinates.
• Ling Chu saw Clumsy Bear Who Can't Get Full asking for food again in the Public Chat Channel and recognized him as the buyer of her fruit platter and Wolf Meat.
• Ling Chu advertised for a reliable jeweler to make equipment using her recipe and the jeweler’s materials, with a System Contract.

Ling Chu gave Clumsy Bear Who Can't Get Full meat in exchange for his warning that Autumn Snow was heading toward her while tracking the Ghost Ship. The starving prisoner regained enough strength to use his class skill twice and began looking for a chance to escape the Holy Army fleet.

• Clumsy Bear Who Can't Get Full privately warned Ling Chu that Autumn Snow had obtained the item needed to upgrade to a Level 6 ship and was coming after her.
• Ling Chu weighed whether Clumsy Bear was lying, then concluded he was probably a genuine prisoner from the Qingshan Ship.
• Clumsy Bear remembered Ling Chu's past acts of kindness and nervously asked her for food from his cell aboard the Holy Army ship.
• Ling Chu traded Clumsy Bear 235 jin of Giant Lizard Meat because his information was valuable to her.
• Clumsy Bear devoured 30 jin of meat, regained his strength, and kept the rest in the trade slot as emergency supplies.
• Clumsy Bear watched the guards by the dungeon entrance and waited for the right moment to escape.

Ling Chu gathered her crew to decide how to respond to Autumn Snow’s upgraded fleet, then chose to attack Xia Chunying before the Holy Army could regroup. Xia Chunying noticed the Ghost Ship turning toward her and welcomed the chance to fight.

• Ling Chu told Huang Xiaowen, Squid Ball, and Youd Jiali that Autumn Snow had upgraded the Holy Army’s First Fleet to Level 6 and outlined two possible strategies.
• Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball favored attacking Xia Chunying, while Youd Jiali favored entering the Public Challenge and waiting to upgrade the Ghost Ship.
• Ling Chu abstained from the vote, then chose to turn the Ghost Ship toward Xia Chunying’s fleet and ordered the Skeleton Henchman at the helm to change course.
• Xia Chunying ignored Autumn Snow’s order to stop pursuing and wait for the main fleet, eager to avenge Sang Bai and kill Youd Jiali.
• Xia Chunying checked her nautical map and saw that the Ghost Ship had changed course and was heading straight toward her.

Ling Chu trained through the night to advance her Wind Chaser Ranger class before reaching Xia Chunying's Fleet. She reached the fourth tier and gained two new skills as the fleet encounter drew closer.

• Ling Chu practiced archery by shattering floating ice while the Ghost Ship sailed through the frozen sea.
• Squid Ball joined Ling Chu on deck to train her Bee Sting spell, with Ling Chu and Huang Xiaowen correcting her stance and aim.
• The Skeleton Henchmen caught snow crabs disturbed by Ling Chu's arrows, and the crew ate them as a late-night snack.
• Ling Chu continued training without sleep, using an Energy Potion, as the Ghost Ship approached Xia Chunying's Fleet.
• Ling Chu destroyed the last conspicuous ice chunk and advanced her Wind Chaser Ranger class to the fourth tier, gaining Gravity Wind Wall and Rending Wind Arrow Rain.

Ling Chu tested her Gravity Wind Wall, arranged a legendary crown crafting deal with Give You a Dalieba, and recruited his help with a third plan against Xia Chunying’s Fleet. As the fleets closed in, the Ghost Ship’s crew gathered to receive supplies and prepare for battle.

• Ling Chu tested the Gravity Wind Wall and accepted Silly Bird’s introduction to Give You a Dalieba, who connected her with a fourth-tier jeweler in his Fleet.
• Ling Chu agreed to provide Give You a Dalieba’s Fleet with the legendary crown formula in exchange for materials, while restricting the formula’s use to Fleet members.
• Ling Chu explained her third plan for dealing with the Holy Army, and Give You a Dalieba agreed to help and signed a System Contract with her.
• As Xia Chunying’s Fleet approached within a hundred kilometers, Lingering Wind and Fading Moon distributed twenty-five Intermediate Life Potions among the Ghost Ship’s crew.
• Ling Chu gave each person two Space Spores, and Huang Xiaowen explained that they could teleport anyone who crushed one back to the Ghost Ship in an emergency.